Telegram-herald., 1887-06-18
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was maeh l4rser tAaa fsr ssssrAl ysass. =
faet skleh dos nst in1le4ss tAss ne cd
settlers are iszsisg a. very rzEidly. AeoaE
LIE haasFe1 peepls seat e8t "a he tSff-
ason. b1s TIE crowd aid E0t 81 oat 2nnl
afssrna0n, sad a. 0'esock fufiy nfferN hs1-
sFsd old setfisFs theix fzatil.xs ana iElsaes
seFe o1 sas grounds. Nearly ali xeFs real
a<nks Of Ehe e.tg. ana .bs aetion OF tAs eo1n-
mittss "a giving eat fouf Gays notice q tas
me<iiDg OF soctety shsea hss Dsinoezs
scattered over seYvral eouaIies. ess severely
criticized Dy sasBy of those pEessaG
~lE's too Dad. aid lssy. "Sos thsre
are lots of cd settlers vho i've IN the eoaa-
try. Gear the clty, vho are n0t here. They
son't get their papers Until saturday nlgnt,
and wont Know anything sbo1t Ibis until
Il al over. Sonae of them viii De a. mad
A. hops, and don { blsme them
While fhe hest. - 70 IS IN the sh ace, Was
oppressive IN the city, there was brisk
breeze 81 the Lake ana the weather xas not
uncomfortable The breeze. hoseveF, Was
100 strong 20 make rowtng on the Lake en-
| loyaoie, the Lake being 50 reash that toe
slsaIaef could not reach the dock II OAK
Park with safety, and did Dot stop
there for several hours la the evening.
| hoUever, the lake Was calm and the row
| boats wefe used freely.
Dtnner was served IN a happy eat -wh en-
| yon re-hungry style. tables being spread IN
l the Iaylii0n and all through the grove At
| ali hours OF the cay ana evening. A ?
! o'clock the asssmb.sge was called to order
in The dancing pavilion zad Hon. Thomas
/ b. Church delivered short address. lie
said that he woald be brief because Mr..
| Ralhbun. the com mitiee on speakers. had
requested him To talk not more than nfteen
minutes. Ar. Church talked very brehy,
saying that be knew hat the old settlers
would rather shake hands. renew old ae-
| qusinlances ard talk Of eariy days than TO
| listen TO speecaer. Rev. X. {. CrzgfOTd
read short pcem and Rev. w w. john
son made few remarks In which be took
| occasion 10 speak very falsringiy OF the
Board OF Polie~ aud Fire Commissioners
and The ne9 Chief OF Police
| After the speaking the hall was cleared
aud dancing Was II order. Parters quad
| riile orchestra. c0mposet Of \. y. Porter.
violin: Arthur Hinsdill. clarinet. aud Miss
Bertha Porter. piano. furnished excellent
| music ana were kept busy until late IN the
| evening. Gray headed men aud wonfen
danced until they were exhausted. and evil
dently enjoyed il, wLi.e these who
did not participate. found pleas
ure ia watching the dancers
for hours. The Old men appeared 10 enjoy
| the psstime with more fsryency than the
ladies'. and 1t Was noticed that most OF them
preferred young partners. They acted and
felt as II they were not over twenty-five or
thirty years Oh. and seemed 10 think they
ought 10 have partners 70 correspond with
their imaginary youthsalless. I6is wss
| particularly noficeabie With ". -. Cook
aud Leouafd Coyell. who were members OF
the Corn mittee on Arrangements. aud made
> gay appearance with their badges oi
scrrir, rbbon. Mr.. Cook, New the old
1 settlers call hifo, enjoyed himself immense
ly. ln fact. ne seemed 70 be overcome with
pleasure. lie said Re loved 10 aence with
| u good partner, and noticing q lady whom
be supposed TO be Mrs. Henry Gripneil
standing among the crowd he asked her to
dance n cotillion with him. She hcsigated
bur her friends pushed her out and urged
her to accept the invitation. She did so. re
luctsrtly. and Cook. feeling sure that he
had the hsndseinest partner on the door,
| felt younger than ever and danced as IL he
| N ueapt TO prove himself worthy OF the honor
| which ne enjoyed. After the qusdrille was
| finished and he had gailsntiy escorted his
| partner TO a place where sne could occupy
! standing room in the crowd, he was
| heard 10 call the attention OF
some OF his friends - the
remarkably youthful appearance of his
| partner. Mrs. Gfinnell." lie viii be sur
| prIse. 20 learn this morning that the lady
was not Mrs. Grinnell BY Mrs Pelton. vile
OF the muscular baiiiff Of the Police Court.
l.. =. Rathbun usually takes an active in
teFsst IN the dancing. and his friends were
| surprised that lie did not indulge yesterday.
| lie explained BY saying. can't dance to-
! day; have 4 lame foot. end use my feet
when dance. wouldn't give snap 10
| wax through ngUre. put on mydaBci3,
hcpss, however. anG they are old set,lers-;hs
eldest pair Of boots in tie country think.
! Look al them. he said. a. be pulled uo his
/ pants. and then continued The Sargent
boys gave me thar pair Of boots in 1861 ss a
! Christmas present, aud I have worn them
TO every party thar / have attended since
! then. q yes; there little out Of fashion
Just now. bus ihev'ye been in fashion FIVE
| or SIX times aui l expect they will be
| again"
Most OF the old settlers left the grounds
before SundO sn. but many of the younger
ueople remained until late in the evening
! The little shower Mt 5 o'clock. canght few
| OF them out on the lake. aud they were
| tbrr5uehig dfe3cbed. BIZ, The surroundings
were more pleasant after tie rain was over